We’ve done a deep dive into just what makes this latest version of the pre-release OS tick, but we’re still finding new little tweaks and changes the longer we spend with Beta 4. The lock screen has seen quite a few substantial changes with the Android 12 Developer Preview and now the Beta phase. Three new adjustments have been added with Beta 4, including another usage of the Google Sans font, this time for the popular Now Playing music identification feature.
The font is much wider: ever so slightly more rounded and spaced a little different than the more compact Roboto font used previously. It’s very, very subtle, but you might have spotted it already and had difficulty working out just what has been altered. So yes, you’re not crazy; Now Playing just uses the Google Sans font as you’ll see on Gboard and various other areas of Android — and associated apps. You can see just how minor the
Another minor tweak: as seen above — is to the Cards & Passes icon. The icon is now more reminiscent of a credit card with a magnetic strip rather than a wallet filled to the brim with credit cards. It’s flatter and easier to decipher when viewing quickly. We can foresee this being an important change for people that might not necessarily be massively versed in Android and are faced with a new lock screen icon to contend with.
- Changelogs:
- Totally fixed developer option FC
- Remove error popup warning
- Remove now playing
- Remove live wallpaper
- Fixed At A glance
- Pixel 6 Walls as default
- Fixed can't switch data to SIM 2
- Fixed launcher